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Top of Group B - Everyone except SirSam went with Spain so points to them.

Brazil first goal - Scored by Coutinho, so points to TheImplications, Pringle and Bear

0 Points in group - Surprisingly only two teams, Panama and Egypt. Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iceland all scrapped at least a point. anonymous, SirSam, Golden, Pringle, Mazza, Smiffy and Shee pick up the points.

As for Round 3, Russia were the only team to pick up a red card, no points there.

Now, there is a point of contention here. Cheryshev was chosen by Oliver and Prime Time as the answer to bonus for a goalscorer in the Uruguay vs Russia game. He scored... an own goal. I have decided not to count this as a valid answer (sorry!) as the intention behind the bonus was for who scored a goal for their own team. I'll try and make things clearer going forward. However, points go to Gooner, Anonymous, Freeman, Sketch, Mazza, Smiffy, Shee for correctly guessing Cavani and Suarez.

Player of the round is Shee with 18, but a mention for Oliver for correctly guessing 4 consecutive scores.

Bonus 1: Name any goalscorer from the Saturday games (Penalty Shootouts will not count): Suarez
Bonus 2: Name a game that go to extra time. Sweden vs. Switzerland
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many Group winners will qualify for the next round? 6

Bonus 1: Name any goalscorer from the Saturday games (Penalty Shootouts will not count): Messi
Bonus 2: Name a game that go to extra time. France vs Argentina
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many Group winners will qualify for the next round? 5

So just wanting to confirm before I put in the predictions not that it really changes my thoughts but:

“4) Any bonus questions that ask for a player or team must be answered with specifically - 'no one' or ‘none’ is not a valid answer. However, for number questions, you can answer '0'. Also, there may be occasions where a player’s surname is not enough (e.g. ‘Dos Santos’ would not be valid answer as I would not know whether that is for Giovanni Dos Santos or his brother Jonathan Dos Santos for the Mexican team).

6) All predictions, even in the knock-out rounds in the cup, are for the end of regular time. You get nothing for the score at the end of 120 minutes, or predicting who'll win a shootout. However, this is the sort of thing that might comprise a bonus question.”

So does that mean they have to score before the end of regular time for the first bonus question? Or are all bonus questions immune from “all predictions”

Bonus 1: Name a player that will get booked.Bonus 2: Name a team that will have a penalty awarded to them (penalty shootouts will not count)SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many shots on target will Sweden have? (Once again, penalty shootouts will not count)

Bonus 1: Name a player that will get booked. Godin
Bonus 2: Name a team that will have a penalty awarded to them (penalty shootouts will not count) - Croatia
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many shots on target will Sweden have? (Once again, penalty shootouts will not count) - 2

Bonus 1: Name a player that will get booked. Neymar
Bonus 2: Name a team that will have a penalty awarded to them (penalty shootouts will not count) - England
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many shots on target will Sweden have? (Once again, penalty shootouts will not count) - 5

Bonus 1: Name a player that will get booked. Jordan Henderson
Bonus 2: Name a team that will have a penalty awarded to them (penalty shootouts will not count) Croatia
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many shots on target will Sweden have? (Once again, penalty shootouts will not count) 5

Bonus 1: Name a player that will get booked. Umtiti
Bonus 2: Name a team that will have a penalty awarded to them (penalty shootouts will not count) England
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many shots on target will Sweden have? (Once again, penalty shootouts will not count) 3

Bonus 1: Name a player that will get booked: Mikael Lustig
Bonus 2: Name a team that will have a penalty awarded to them: France
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many shots on target will Sweden have? 4

Bonus 1: Name a player that will get booked. Lucas Torreira
Bonus 2: Name a team that will have a penalty awarded to them (penalty shootouts will not count) Russia
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many shots on target will Sweden have? (Once again, penalty shootouts will not count) Three

Bonus 1: Name a player that will get booked: Sebastian Larsson
Bonus 2: Name a team that will have a penalty awarded to them: Brazil
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many shots on target will Sweden have? 3

Hmm I know it's in the rules but seems a bit silly to me.
Bonus 2: Belgium

This was my rule and it was introduced because people quickly worked out that predicting no one is always better than predicting any one individual. Your odds were always better and there was a convergence around predicting no one.

So it was either introduce the rule or do away with those bonuses entirely.

Bonus 1: Will England qualify for the World Cup final?
Bonus 2: Across the two games, which team will have the most shots on target?*
DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many goals will be scored in the two games?*

Bonus 1: Will England qualify for the World Cup final? No (will take the points if I need to be consoled).
Bonus 2: Across the two games, which team will have the most shots on target?* France
DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many goals will be scored in the two games?* 5

Bonus 1: Will England qualify for the World Cup final? No
Bonus 2: Across the two games, which team will have the most shots on target?* England
DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many goals will be scored in the two games?* 6

Bonus 1: Will England qualify for the World Cup final? Yes
Bonus 2: Across the two games, which team will have the most shots on target? England
DOUBLE POINTS Bonus 3: How many goals will be scored in the two games? 8